https://padlet.com/alinemiller2017/60ufwd874843n2ho Aline, Delaney, Kiera, and Lindsay en-us 2021-02-10 01:36:26 UTC 2025-03-18 01:08:54 UTC hello@padlet.com alinemiller2017 https://padlet.com/alinemiller2017/60ufwd874843n2ho/wish/1185317339 The children's book "Where Are you From?" revolves around the storyline of a young little brown girl that is frequently questioned about where she is from due to the color on her skin and her overall physical appearance. These questions make her feel left out and that their is something wrong with her. These questions lead her to ask her abuelo about where she is from and makes her feel like she is very different from her classmates. Her abuelo then continues to explain the background of their culture and their identities, which allows her to gain an appreciation and pride of who she is and where she came from. Children shouldn't feel like they have to assimilate to their classmates cultural identities and physical appearances just to fit in and be "normal".  ]]> 2021-02-10 01:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alinemiller2017/60ufwd874843n2ho/wish/1185317339 https://padlet.com/alinemiller2017/60ufwd874843n2ho/wish/1185353732 I would give this book 4.5/5 stars. Even though this book covers a topic that can be very serious and heated in society today, we liked how this book incorporated the issues of accepting other cultures and identities in a children's book because children should be exposed to learning about these problems from a young age as well. However, at times the author seemed to word things quite harshly that may be too aggressive of language to use in a children's book. The way that some of the students and even the parents would speak to the main character in the book would be very blunt and rude and we feel that the message could have been taught without so much aggression. Overall, it still is important for children to learn the importance of accepting other cultures and identities within the classroom and in society which in the end, this book did accomplish. The author also did a great job of sending the message to readers that everyone should have pride in their own identities, not feeling like they have to conform or assimilate to their peers' cultures or identities because they are the majority. ]]> 2021-02-10 02:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/alinemiller2017/60ufwd874843n2ho/wish/1185353732 alinemiller2017 https://padlet.com/alinemiller2017/60ufwd874843n2ho/wish/1185381870 The author of this children's book is Yamile Saied Mendez. Yamile was born and raised in Rosario, Argentina and identifies as an Argentine-American. This author can definitely relate to the perspectives and experiences of the little girl from the book and what's it like to come from various cultural backgrounds that are minorities. In a way, it seems like she made the main character of the book reflect her own personal experiences and feelings growing up as a young child. Yamile is wanting other readers to understand the struggles that she went through growing up as a minority and how understanding one's cultural background can help feel pride and appreciation.  ]]> 2021-02-10 02:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/alinemiller2017/60ufwd874843n2ho/wish/1185381870 lnorden1 https://padlet.com/alinemiller2017/60ufwd874843n2ho/wish/1185382224 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.4.B:
Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
A lesson that can be connected to this book and standard could be using choral reading in the classroom. According to Reading, Writing, and Learning in ESL, "Choral reading, a strategy involving students reading out loud togehter, scaffolds English learners' reading in a fun way" (Peregoy & Boyle, 2017, p. 178). The teacher will make sure that each student reads a part of the book out loud, during class. With students reading out loud, they are gaining fluency, dictation, enthusiasm and confidence.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.6:
Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using frequently occurring conjunctions to signal simple relationships (e.g., because).
A lesson that can be connected to this book and standard could be with using a word wheel. The book Reading, Writing, and Learning in ESL states that "Word wheels can be used to visually portray words that are related..." (Peregoy & Boyle, 2017, p. 274). While students are reading and talking about the book, they will be able to use the word wheel full of different conjunctions. With this visual, students will be able to have conversations that are fluent and flow orally well towards each other.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1.B:
Build on others' talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.
A lesson that can be connected to this book and standard could be using groups or pairs to have students talk through their ideas from the book. Some different ideas that the students can add to each other's comments are summaries, predictions, thoughts about the book, etc. In Reading, Writing, and Learning in ESL, it states, "Collaborative groups are informal and student-centered, with group membership sometimes determined by the students themselves and/or based on the task at hand" (Peregoy & Boyle, 2017, p. 104). By grouping students, especially ELLs, they can focus on gaining English proficency while improving academic and social skills.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.5:
Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.
A lesson that can be connected to this book and standard could be done with the classroom use of blogs. Reading, Writing, and Learning in ESL mentions, " Blogs, short for web logs, are online journals expressing ideas, reflections, and questions pertaining yo a particular topic" (Peregoy & Boyle, 2017, p. 146). Students can keep a blog page and add books, like Where Are You From?, which is a book that tells a story. In these blog posts, the students will explain if the book tells a story or gives information and how they know. By the end of the year, the students should have a variety of texts documented and have improved their writing skills. ]]> 2021-02-10 02:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alinemiller2017/60ufwd874843n2ho/wish/1185382224 lnorden1 https://padlet.com/alinemiller2017/60ufwd874843n2ho/wish/1185383939 2021-02-10 02:22:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alinemiller2017/60ufwd874843n2ho/wish/1185383939 kabart11 https://padlet.com/alinemiller2017/60ufwd874843n2ho/wish/1195219442 Through the book's illustrations, Where Are You From depicts a little brown girl as the minority in the book. However, in the beginning illustrations all the other children were very diverse, along with her. There were White, Black, Asian, and Hispanic kids pictured in the illustrations. All these kids were drawn the same, with the difference being the color of their skin. The illustrations of the nature were pretty simplistic but also, had many details that made them up. A stereotype that was depicted in the book was that Spanish speaking people would wear a sombrero while riding a horse into the sunset in open vast land. Something to note was how the Abuelo always walked and looked with a look of pride over his face because he was proud of who he was and where he came from. This helped teach the little girl that she shouldn't be worried about where others think she comes from, because she comes from a loving family and that's all that matters. ]]> 2021-02-12 02:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/alinemiller2017/60ufwd874843n2ho/wish/1195219442 kabart11 https://padlet.com/alinemiller2017/60ufwd874843n2ho/wish/1195232897 The minority group, which was the little Brown girl, was depicted as a negative in the beginning of the text based off the idea everyone asked where she came form because she looked different. However, this seemed to change when her Abuelo was going through where she came form because the scenery and places he depicted were beautiful and the look of pride on his face never left. He was more than honored to share where they came form because it is something to be proud about and not singled out for looking different. By the end of the book, the little girl wasn't a minority because she had all her family members surrounding her and that is exactly where she came from. ]]> 2021-02-12 03:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alinemiller2017/60ufwd874843n2ho/wish/1195232897